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millions watched last night as president obama delivered his third state of the union speech, something democrats hope will be seen as a compelling appeal for his election to a second term. in it, the president called for national unity and laid out plans for the future. nbc's steve handelsman has more from capitol hill. steve, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, thanks, good morning from capitol hill. even his harshest critics concede, this is what barack obama does best, his democrats up here loved this state of the union address. >> the president of the united states. >> reporter: barack obama came to congress pushing his re-election feed, that republicans call class warfare. >> we can set for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well while a growing number of americans barely get by or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot and everyone does their fair share and everyone plays by the same set of rules. >> reporter: he demanded a new rule for the wealthy, like him. >> if you make more than $1 million a year, you should not pay less than 30% in taxes.
millions watched last night as president obama delivered his third state of the union speech, something democrats hope will be seen as a compelling appeal for his election to a second term. in it, the president called for national unity and laid out plans for the future. nbc's steve handelsman has more from capitol hill. steve, good morning. >> reporter: lynn, thanks, good morning from capitol hill. even his harshest critics concede, this is what barack obama does best, his democrats up...
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obama aides are trying to pin it all on mitt romney. believe it or not, they are accusing the governor of lying. of course, they are the ones that are. watch this. >> again and again and again, he told the story to the american people that is completely... in contrast with what he said before and unfounded in fact. and that's going to catch up with him. i give him credit for strong performance. i give him an "f" for being honest with the american people. >> sean: for 90 minutes, president obama lied about his record and president obama lied about what he would do in a second term. you want proof? here it is. >> if you want to be president, you owe the american people the truth, the truth. >> the fact check. >> this claim is based on a fiscal fiction. >> the bipartisan nonprofit committee has called that a gimmick. the president is also counting on savings agreed to last year when the white house and congress agreed to raise the debt ceiling. >> governor romney's central economic plan calls for a $5 trillion tax cut. >> mostly fiction. >
obama aides are trying to pin it all on mitt romney. believe it or not, they are accusing the governor of lying. of course, they are the ones that are. watch this. >> again and again and again, he told the story to the american people that is completely... in contrast with what he said before and unfounded in fact. and that's going to catch up with him. i give him credit for strong performance. i give him an "f" for being honest with the american people. >> sean: for 90...
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how are we to interpret these two obamas? >> i really believe that this can be explained in a nutshell. to understand barack obama, one has to understand, he is a man of the left. leftism, as i wrote in my column is the most dynamic religion in the world, more than christianity, more dynamic than islam. his trinity. christians have the father, the son and the holy ghost. the left has race, gender class. that's how your kids will learn life in college. that's the prism through which he sees the world. he is honest to leftism. while there is demagoguery here, no question -- he is true to his faith. >> wlook, i'm a liberal democrat. the point is here -- not that he is left or right. the point here is that we know what he is in these tapes now. he revealed himself-- >>> was it the real obam in 2008 or this other -- >> oh, i wrote that piece in the "los angeles times," exposing his philly speech as being the race man. he focuses everything about race. [overlapping dialogue] >> that was also class. that's my point. >> sean: he is s
how are we to interpret these two obamas? >> i really believe that this can be explained in a nutshell. to understand barack obama, one has to understand, he is a man of the left. leftism, as i wrote in my column is the most dynamic religion in the world, more than christianity, more dynamic than islam. his trinity. christians have the father, the son and the holy ghost. the left has race, gender class. that's how your kids will learn life in college. that's the prism through which he...
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while over the weekend the obama campaign pounded on his 47% comments. nbc's brian mooar has the very latest from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, veronica. mitt romney hoping to turn the conversation today after a week spent largely on defense. >> well, i'll tell you what, this has been an interesting week. >> reporter: interesting, perhaps, but mitt romney doesn't want to repeat of last week. he's hoping to get back on the attack against president obama. >> he said, you know, you can't change washington from the inside. you can only change it from the outside. we're going to give him that chance on november 6th. >> reporter: romney's heading to battleground ohio for a three-day tour with running mate paul ryan, hoping to leave behind a week dominated by discouraging polls and the releases of a secret videotape and more tax information. >> probably not the best week in the campaign, but i will say that i think we can look back at last week as a campaign in a couple months and say this was the defining week in both campaigns. >> reporter
while over the weekend the obama campaign pounded on his 47% comments. nbc's brian mooar has the very latest from washington. good morning to you. >> reporter: hi, veronica. mitt romney hoping to turn the conversation today after a week spent largely on defense. >> well, i'll tell you what, this has been an interesting week. >> reporter: interesting, perhaps, but mitt romney doesn't want to repeat of last week. he's hoping to get back on the attack against president obama....
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president obama is down two points at 49% in florida. mitt romney up one to 46. in the new quinnipiac poll. >> florida is the big kahuna. currently they're in a statistical tie with the president being slightly ahead. but it's a too close to call race at this point. >> reporter: karl rove's super pac put up an anti-obama ad. democrats hope romney's pick of paul ryan will raise seniors' fierce of republican medicare bush but a new poll found that economy is what matters moth for florida voters. i'm steve handelsman, news4. >>> stay with news4 for continuing decision 2012 coverage. we'll have live team coverage next week, aaron gilchrest and julie carey will report live from florida. >>> and we'll have coverage next month in charlotte. >>> a member of "jersey shore" cast has a situation with the shore's boss. >>> find about ultimate tethe t. georgia alfredas joins us. >>> and hidden hazards in some food delivery trucks putting your health at risk. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. [ male announcer ] you work hard. stretch every penny. but chanc
president obama is down two points at 49% in florida. mitt romney up one to 46. in the new quinnipiac poll. >> florida is the big kahuna. currently they're in a statistical tie with the president being slightly ahead. but it's a too close to call race at this point. >> reporter: karl rove's super pac put up an anti-obama ad. democrats hope romney's pick of paul ryan will raise seniors' fierce of republican medicare bush but a new poll found that economy is what matters moth for...
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we all thought barack obama would be better than this. he had potential making his leadership failures so disappointing. ryan spent the day campaigning with mitt romney in wisconsin. this is another welcome site for the president who wasted no time linking romney to ryan's radical plan. in a rare moment today president obama called out romney by name. >> one of my potential opponents, governor romney said he hoped a familiar version of this plan from last year would be introduced as a bill on day one of his presidency. he said he is very supportive of this new budget and called it marvelous, which is a word you don't here when it comes to describing a budget. it's a word you don't often hear generally. >> romney didn't take too kindly being mocked by the president. he ran to the said of the shaun hannity's radio show to hit back. >> this is a president who so misrepresents the policies and proposals of our party and myself as well, and then fails to acknowledge the mistakes and the errors in his own record. it's just -- it's astonishing t
we all thought barack obama would be better than this. he had potential making his leadership failures so disappointing. ryan spent the day campaigning with mitt romney in wisconsin. this is another welcome site for the president who wasted no time linking romney to ryan's radical plan. in a rare moment today president obama called out romney by name. >> one of my potential opponents, governor romney said he hoped a familiar version of this plan from last year would be introduced as a...
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the first step to a stronger medicare is to repeal obama care, because it represents the worst of both worlds i had a feeling there would be mixed reactions. >> reporter: many convention-goers walked out of the room when paul ryan took the stage to talk about medicare, which would transfer it to a voucher system under his budget plan. for paul ryan, it was a return to the spotlight since he has been quietly busy on the trail, working for votes. and yesterday in washington, behind closed doors, shoring up support among house republicans, in the middle of campaign fighting and missteps by governor romney's 47% hidden camera video, prompting criticism again today from conservative columnist, peggy nunan, who said the campaign was a rolling calamity >> what do you say to your fellow republicans who are -- >> stop it, this is hard, you want to try it. get in the ring. this is hard. >> reporter: some republican senate hopefuls are distancing themselves, like wisconsin's tommy thompson who warned a troubled presidential campaign could hurt other candidates, thompson's remark drew this respons
the first step to a stronger medicare is to repeal obama care, because it represents the worst of both worlds i had a feeling there would be mixed reactions. >> reporter: many convention-goers walked out of the room when paul ryan took the stage to talk about medicare, which would transfer it to a voucher system under his budget plan. for paul ryan, it was a return to the spotlight since he has been quietly busy on the trail, working for votes. and yesterday in washington, behind closed...
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tom, you interviewed the candidate obama in 2008. and you said -- you asked him then, would you get medicare and social security reform done in your first two years? and he said, tom, i don't know if i can do that. but certainly in the first term. i asked him to make a commitment for the first year of his second term, and he's not prepared to do that. this is the driver, david. you recently linked to a weekly standard piece about you're going to run out of discretionary money to do the things the president wants to do if he doesn't address entitlement. >> they have to address it. and the president would help himself a lot if he were tougher on the aarp and said look, it's not about the people at the bottom for whom medicare is really a lifeline. it's about all of the people, including those of us around the table, who get the same benefits. members of our family who are working class. my brother had a great working class career working for the telephone company. but there's a big disparity between what i'm worth and he's worth but we
tom, you interviewed the candidate obama in 2008. and you said -- you asked him then, would you get medicare and social security reform done in your first two years? and he said, tom, i don't know if i can do that. but certainly in the first term. i asked him to make a commitment for the first year of his second term, and he's not prepared to do that. this is the driver, david. you recently linked to a weekly standard piece about you're going to run out of discretionary money to do the things...
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obama's america. it's based on a book "the roots of obama's rage." here is a look at the trailer if you have not seen it. >> obama has a dream, a dream from his father. that the sins of colonialism be set right and america be downsized. which dream will be carried into 2016? >> so the film has already become a number two grossing documentary of the year. but it has yet to break even. it's also been highly criticized for inaccuracies. andy schneider from the group twisted sister is telling paul ryan to stop the music. he wants the vp hopeful to stop playing his 1984 hit "we're not going to take it" at campaign rallies. in a statement dee snider says, quote, i emphatically refuse paul ryan's use of my song recorded by my band twisted sister. there is almost nothing to know which i agree with paul ryan except possibly the use of p90x. his spokesman responded quickly, we're not going to play it any more. things we just thought you should know. ♪ we're not gonna take it constipated? yeah. mm. some laxatives like dulcolax can cause cramps. but phillips'
obama's america. it's based on a book "the roots of obama's rage." here is a look at the trailer if you have not seen it. >> obama has a dream, a dream from his father. that the sins of colonialism be set right and america be downsized. which dream will be carried into 2016? >> so the film has already become a number two grossing documentary of the year. but it has yet to break even. it's also been highly criticized for inaccuracies. andy schneider from the group twisted...
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>> if any person in this entire debate has blood on their hands in regard to medicare, it's barack obama. >> reporter: ryan is the architect of a sweeping medicare reform plan. instead of a government insurance guarantee for health care coverage, ryan's plan calls for the government to give seniors money to buy their own insurance. the president has been attacking ryan's plan for months. >> he plans to turn medicare into a voucher program. >> reporter: for now the republicans are pushing back by attacking the president for what they say were his cuts to medicare in 2010 to pay for his health care overhaul. >> the president's idea for instance for medicare was to cut it by $700 billion. >> reporter: but medicare was never cut. the cost of the program continues to rise, just at a slower pace. when it comes to the politics of medicare, the first victim is nuance. in 1996, the shoe was on the other foot. republicans proposed slowing medicare's growth. bill clinton called that a cut. >> against medicare again. dole/gingrich tried to cut $270 billion. bob dole. wrong in the past. >> reporter:
>> if any person in this entire debate has blood on their hands in regard to medicare, it's barack obama. >> reporter: ryan is the architect of a sweeping medicare reform plan. instead of a government insurance guarantee for health care coverage, ryan's plan calls for the government to give seniors money to buy their own insurance. the president has been attacking ryan's plan for months. >> he plans to turn medicare into a voucher program. >> reporter: for now the...
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as ron alluded to this is a political stunt, the obama campaign wanting to keep the attention on tax returns. maybe some people think it's important. others will think it's a distraction. they want to keep the story alive and here we are talking about it as well. >> and the ryan pick was supposed to change the conversation and here we're back on taxes. let's talk about paul ryan. a week on the trail so far and it has been his record that's been under scrutiny. is it more or less than we'd expect this early in a vp? >> i think it's about what you'd expect. he'll get a lot of questions about past votes. he is a member for congress 14 years, positions that he has taken. i think it's par for the course in terms of what you'd expect in terms of scrutiny. it is a reminder there is still more to learn about paul ryan, more than just medicare and his view on the budget. where does he stand on social issues, foreign policy issues? there is a lot more scrutiny to come. he has shifted the debate from jobs in the economy to heavy focus on the budget and medicare. >> david, thanks very much. we w
as ron alluded to this is a political stunt, the obama campaign wanting to keep the attention on tax returns. maybe some people think it's important. others will think it's a distraction. they want to keep the story alive and here we are talking about it as well. >> and the ryan pick was supposed to change the conversation and here we're back on taxes. let's talk about paul ryan. a week on the trail so far and it has been his record that's been under scrutiny. is it more or less than we'd...
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president obama, plus 4.5 million. congressional republicans, zero. >> reporter: it's true since january 2010 the economy has gained over 4.5 million private sector jobs. but mr. obama had already been president for a year by then when the economy was hemorrhaging jobs. if you begin counting when he took office, it's a net gain of about 415,000 jobs. vice president joe biden actually got that right last night by including the time span. >> we have since created 4.5 million private sector jobs in the past 29 months. >> reporter: but biden went out on a limb with this charge. >> they're not prepared to do anything about the debt if it contained even $1, i'm not exaggerating, even $1 or one cent in new taxes for millionaires. >> reporter: in fact, several republican plans, from speaker john boehner to pennsylvania senator pat toomey included tax increases for wealthy americans. but bipartisan negotiations breck down over how much those increases should be. >> republicans will end the medicare guarantee. >> another frequen
president obama, plus 4.5 million. congressional republicans, zero. >> reporter: it's true since january 2010 the economy has gained over 4.5 million private sector jobs. but mr. obama had already been president for a year by then when the economy was hemorrhaging jobs. if you begin counting when he took office, it's a net gain of about 415,000 jobs. vice president joe biden actually got that right last night by including the time span. >> we have since created 4.5 million private...
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. >> reporter: president obama focused on the issue of energy as well. campaigning in the wide open spaces of iowa, praising wind power that's created nearly 7,000 jobs in the state and more nationwide. >> 75,000 jobs across the country. these jobs aren't a fad. >> reporter: last night the president toasted supporters at the iowa state fair. >> four more beers. >> four more beers? i'm going to buy ten beers. who wants one? >> reporter: and today he took a dig at romney who once took a vacation with his dog riding on the roof of the car. >> you can't drive the car with a wind mill on it. now, i don't know if he's actually tried that. i know he's had other things on his car. >> reporter: with both tickets criss-crossing swing states, the frenetic pace got the best of the vice president. >> with you, we can win north carolina again. >> reporter: only problem, he was in virginia. biden also blasted romney. >> he said in the first 100 days, he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules. unchain wall street. they're going to put y'all back i
. >> reporter: president obama focused on the issue of energy as well. campaigning in the wide open spaces of iowa, praising wind power that's created nearly 7,000 jobs in the state and more nationwide. >> 75,000 jobs across the country. these jobs aren't a fad. >> reporter: last night the president toasted supporters at the iowa state fair. >> four more beers. >> four more beers? i'm going to buy ten beers. who wants one? >> reporter: and today he took a dig...
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president obama spoke exclusively to nbc's david gregory. we are going to get a preview of what he has to say just ahead. >> it has been just two weeks since the tragedy of sandy hook elementary in connecticut. a teenager in california wrote a poem to express her feelings saying she understood how it could happen and it got her suspended from school. we'll get her reaction coming up >>> we'll also hear from the 29-year-old surfer that used his fists and his board to save his life when a shark kept coming at him again and again. >> scary story. >>> later on, we'll switch gears and look back at the year in pop culture, from the rise of honey boo boo to the unlikely bop lairity of that catchy tune, gang ham style. >> slightly popular, wasn't it? >>> we begin with the race in washington to fist fiscal cliff deadline including a preview of david gr david gregory's exclusive interview. we begin with kristen welker. >> the house is back in session and they could announce a deal as early as this afternoon. many saying this entire episode represents
president obama spoke exclusively to nbc's david gregory. we are going to get a preview of what he has to say just ahead. >> it has been just two weeks since the tragedy of sandy hook elementary in connecticut. a teenager in california wrote a poem to express her feelings saying she understood how it could happen and it got her suspended from school. we'll get her reaction coming up >>> we'll also hear from the 29-year-old surfer that used his fists and his board to save his life...
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your choice. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>> oooh, oooh, oooh! >> he was known to at least one american generation as horshack. on "welcome back cotter" starring alongside john travolta and gabe kaplan. as the l.a. times put, when we learned that ron palillo, a nugget of '70s culture died with him. a connecticut native, he spent recent years as an acting teacher. he was 63 years old. >>> two aircraft ended up in a fender bender at nashville's airport today. a gulfstream jet was being towed when it collided with a beach king air prop plane on the taxi way, as you see. there were no passengers on board either aircraft thankfully at the time of the collision. no injuries to report. >>> it's one of those projects that could make you think we haven't lost our national desire to go higher, faster and further after all. today the boeing x 51 underwent a test flight, unmanned, mind you, to travel at six times the speed of sound. dropped from a b-52 bomber. it's an air force project. it was only supposed to hit top speed for five minutes. at 3600 miles an
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president obama has declared federal emergencies in louisiana and mississippi. good morning, everyone. i'm richard jordan in for aaron gilchrist, who's on assignment. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this thursday, august 30th, 2012. we're going to take a look at the forecast now. meteorologist tom kierein here with more on isaac and our forecast. tom? >> they have had over a foot of rain in new orleans and 20 inches of rain in areas just southeast of new orleans. incredible amounts of rain there, and it continues to rain, although thankfully for new orleans, much of the rain is ending, but you can look at that. couple of really long bands, 100-mile-long bands of heavy rains that are east of new orleans still plaguing plaquemines county and areas of southwestern mississippi. right now it is a tropical storm and it is northwest of new orleans, and it's going to continue on this track and then turn north tomorrow through arkansas, then into missouri, up near st. louis by friday afternoon and then, perhaps, south of chicago on saturday and then sun
president obama has declared federal emergencies in louisiana and mississippi. good morning, everyone. i'm richard jordan in for aaron gilchrist, who's on assignment. >> and i'm eun yang. welcome to "news4 today" for this thursday, august 30th, 2012. we're going to take a look at the forecast now. meteorologist tom kierein here with more on isaac and our forecast. tom? >> they have had over a foot of rain in new orleans and 20 inches of rain in areas just southeast of new...
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obama four years ago. after being dominated on the airwaves here this summer, ads that painted romney as an out of touch corporate raider, the romney campaign is intensifying its efforts. >> because ohio families can't afford four more years like the last four years. >> reporter: for its part, the obama campaign is trying to make a punch line out of romney's call to end federal subsidies to public broadcasting. now the subject of this mocking new ad. >> one man has the guts to speak his name. >> big bird. >> big bird. >> it's me, big bird. >> reporter: in ohio today, romney tried to turn the president's policies into his own punch lines. >> these are tough times, with real serious issues, so you have to scratch your head when the president spends the last week talking about saving big bird. >> reporter: and brian, one other note from today's poll, one in eight ohioans said they could still change their minds before november. >> peter alexander in the crucial state of ohio starting off our coverage tonight.
obama four years ago. after being dominated on the airwaves here this summer, ads that painted romney as an out of touch corporate raider, the romney campaign is intensifying its efforts. >> because ohio families can't afford four more years like the last four years. >> reporter: for its part, the obama campaign is trying to make a punch line out of romney's call to end federal subsidies to public broadcasting. now the subject of this mocking new ad. >> one man has the guts to...
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and obama's are much more evenly split. and very few people think that romney's policies are going to benefit the middle class. so this is a problem for him. you see in that ad where he talks about my polies, ouedl class and the iotre poor. that is not what people on the ground believe and i think that's attributed to the president's ad campaigns on the ground. i think it also is underscored by the 47% comments. but the other thing that was interesting here is in ohio, the prenis lngt ey among women by 25 points. so, early on in the campaign all the talk we had about women's issues, the focus on women at the rnc and the dnc, that has clearly been a lasting problem for mitt romney, as well a number from this poll, they asked who would be better on women's reproductive health issues, in ohio, the president led there by 29 points. so this has actually impacted quite significantly the camp. if weakhi a microcosm for the country and say things have gone from not so great to pretty bad for romney in this month, month of september
and obama's are much more evenly split. and very few people think that romney's policies are going to benefit the middle class. so this is a problem for him. you see in that ad where he talks about my polies, ouedl class and the iotre poor. that is not what people on the ground believe and i think that's attributed to the president's ad campaigns on the ground. i think it also is underscored by the 47% comments. but the other thing that was interesting here is in ohio, the prenis lngt ey among...
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tom, you interviewed the candidate obama in 2008. and you said -- you asked him then, would you get medicare and social security reform done in your first two years? and he said, tom, i don't know if i can do that. but certainly in the first term. i asked him to make a commitment for the first year of his second term, and he's not prepared to do that. this is the driver, david. you recently linked to a weekly standard piece about you're going to run out of discretionary money to do the things the president wants to do if he doesn't take on entitlements. >> they have to address it. and the president would help himself a lot if he were tougher on the aarp, for example, and said, look, it's not about the people at the bottom for whom medicare is really a lifeline. it's about all of the people, including those of us around the table, who get the same benefits. members of our family who are very working class. my brother had a great working class career working for the telephone company. but there's a big disparity between what i'm worth
tom, you interviewed the candidate obama in 2008. and you said -- you asked him then, would you get medicare and social security reform done in your first two years? and he said, tom, i don't know if i can do that. but certainly in the first term. i asked him to make a commitment for the first year of his second term, and he's not prepared to do that. this is the driver, david. you recently linked to a weekly standard piece about you're going to run out of discretionary money to do the things...
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. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>> on this sunday night, point of attack, the new republican ticket hits the ground running and hits the president hard. meantime team obama unleashes an all-out assault on paul ryan's record. >>> also tonight, thriller, a behind the scenes look at how a walk in the woods helped the romney campaign keep the biggest secret in politics. >>> here at the olympics a spectacular send off after a history making run for team usa. also a look ahead to the winter games. can you believe it? 18 months away. nightly news from london begins 18 months away. nightly news from london begins now. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt reporting tonight from the olympic summer games in london. >> good evening from the international broadcast center. it is a huge night of celebration here where the summer games draw to a finish with a much anticipated closing ceremony. while things here are winding down at home the run for president is winding up. as mitt romney and his running mate paul ryan ar
. [ obama ] i'm barack obama and i approve this message. >>> on this sunday night, point of attack, the new republican ticket hits the ground running and hits the president hard. meantime team obama unleashes an all-out assault on paul ryan's record. >>> also tonight, thriller, a behind the scenes look at how a walk in the woods helped the romney campaign keep the biggest secret in politics. >>> here at the olympics a spectacular send off after a history making run...
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author of the brand new ebook, "obama's last stand." lynn sweet of the chicago sun-times and the man who forever changed the vice presidential nominating process, msnbc political analyst, national affairs editor for "new york" magazine and the man with the longest intro on this channel, john heilemann. the clock is ticking. missouri congressman todd akin needs to drop out before 5:00 today if the republican party wants to replace his
author of the brand new ebook, "obama's last stand." lynn sweet of the chicago sun-times and the man who forever changed the vice presidential nominating process, msnbc political analyst, national affairs editor for "new york" magazine and the man with the longest intro on this channel, john heilemann. the clock is ticking. missouri congressman todd akin needs to drop out before 5:00 today if the republican party wants to replace his
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president obama is right. they have gone on offense. they are trying to argue that there are benefits to their approach to this. it doesn't affect current seniors. they have ways to save the program over the long haul even though there hasn't been evidence to prove putting it to the rigor of the private sector would do that. they are trying to contrast what they want to do with medicare with the president's health care law. that's an unpopular law whereas medicare is more popular. they've at least got some room to run here. it's giving some republicans some hope. >> ryan has taken up attention of the last week. he was talked about as a bold choice when romney picked him a week ago. what's the take now? >> well, again, he certainly energized the debate. there is no question that even republicans are worried about this pick. while they think it was a bold stroke by governor romney, they still see all the down sides to this medicare debate. frankly, a shift away from jobs and the economy to talking about the debt and entitlement programs w
president obama is right. they have gone on offense. they are trying to argue that there are benefits to their approach to this. it doesn't affect current seniors. they have ways to save the program over the long haul even though there hasn't been evidence to prove putting it to the rigor of the private sector would do that. they are trying to contrast what they want to do with medicare with the president's health care law. that's an unpopular law whereas medicare is more popular. they've at...
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president obama poking fun at washington and himself as politicians and celebrities gather under one roof at this year's white house correspondents dinner. we'll share some of the evening's punch lines. >>> and happy anniversary. one year ago today, william and kate said "i do" in a wedding fit for a future king and queen. we'll look back at the royal couple's year and what's expected of them in the year ahead, today, sunday, april 29th, 2012. captions paid for by nbc-universal television >>> now, that's what i'm talking about. welcome to "today" on a sunday morning. >> i am not calling you doctor. you asked me to call you your highness, sir holt and lord master. there's no way i'm now doing dr. holt, because why? >> i got the honorary doctorate at pepperdine yesterday, and i'm just taking the honorary part out. come on! >> this guy's been walking around with his degree all morning like this, in hair and makeup in wardrobe. we get it. we get it. >> it's a big deal. >> no, it is a big deal. it's fantastic. >> i feel like i've earned that. >> you have earned that doctorate. >> i didn't
president obama poking fun at washington and himself as politicians and celebrities gather under one roof at this year's white house correspondents dinner. we'll share some of the evening's punch lines. >>> and happy anniversary. one year ago today, william and kate said "i do" in a wedding fit for a future king and queen. we'll look back at the royal couple's year and what's expected of them in the year ahead, today, sunday, april 29th, 2012. captions paid for by...
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this is the way the obama campaign tried to react. number one, they put out the first tv ad calling mitt romney dishonest. david plouffe, the senior strategist, used the word dishonest or not being honest, nearly a dozen times when briefing reporters this afternoon. so they're trying to put the focus on mitt romney and saying hey, he gave a great performance, but wasn't exactly honest. it was rally therapy out here though, brian. he did have 30,000 people show up in madison. >> chuck todd, peter alexander wrapping it up for us tonight. thanks. >>> we have two big and still developing stories tonight having to do with how we all get around. on the east coast and the west, beginning with new troubles for american airlines. and for that, we want to go to tom costello. >> american airlines is sayingisaying i they are going to ground all 48 of the suspect 747s that have the seats that are becoming disconnected. they will be grounded as soon as they land. the airline says its mechanics now believe they've discovered the real problem that ca
this is the way the obama campaign tried to react. number one, they put out the first tv ad calling mitt romney dishonest. david plouffe, the senior strategist, used the word dishonest or not being honest, nearly a dozen times when briefing reporters this afternoon. so they're trying to put the focus on mitt romney and saying hey, he gave a great performance, but wasn't exactly honest. it was rally therapy out here though, brian. he did have 30,000 people show up in madison. >> chuck...
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the latino vote seems to be squarely behind president obama. what he has done with his action on the dream act. so important is. there any way that mitt romney can krebbly argue he should get support in the latino community? >> no. that time has passed. when he wraps himself -- when they have joe arpaio at their convention. they have jan brewer at their convention from my state who are symbolicically seen in the latino community as their opposition and embraces them, their platform embraces that, no, there is no way you can get back. for us the challenge is motivation and turnout. if we can get that, huge victory for obama. >> eliot: this is a campaign about not persuasion but passion. >> thank you. >> eliot: let's hope it works. congressman, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. as always. >> eliot: voter discrimination, an old story made new again. i talk about it with a civil rights icon, congressman john lewis, coming up next. >> eliot: let's check in with jennifer granholm, she who made herself even more famous than she was before with h
the latino vote seems to be squarely behind president obama. what he has done with his action on the dream act. so important is. there any way that mitt romney can krebbly argue he should get support in the latino community? >> no. that time has passed. when he wraps himself -- when they have joe arpaio at their convention. they have jan brewer at their convention from my state who are symbolicically seen in the latino community as their opposition and embraces them, their platform...
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president obama is set for a whirlwind of fund-raising. he's set to go to four different fund-raisers tomorrow including one held at his home. they're expected to raise millions as some of them cost as much as $40,000 a person. >>> from american politics to team usa with two days of events left the u.s. will end the games with the most medals and the most gold medals. right now the u.s. has 41 gold with china in second at 37 and the u.s. leading china by 13 total medals 94-81. this is the fifth consecutive summer games the u.s. has led the total medal count. >>> it could be another big day for the u.s. as they look to increase their lead in the medal count. >> jack wagner joins us from london with a preview of some of today's events. hi, jack. >> good morning. angie and richard, good talk to you this morning. buyen shaw williams will carry the flag in the closing ceremonies. he was shot in the legs. he won the relay, tonight the women's turn. the u.s. women's relay team starts this afternoon's 4x400 meter final in first place and not feeli
president obama is set for a whirlwind of fund-raising. he's set to go to four different fund-raisers tomorrow including one held at his home. they're expected to raise millions as some of them cost as much as $40,000 a person. >>> from american politics to team usa with two days of events left the u.s. will end the games with the most medals and the most gold medals. right now the u.s. has 41 gold with china in second at 37 and the u.s. leading china by 13 total medals 94-81. this is...
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this was the worst for the obama camp. the unfortunate optics of a sitting president using solyndra as a backdrop for promoting jobs so it is a natural target for tonight's speech. >>> environmentists wouldn't see it this way. good news. we are using more gasoline. californians burned 1 million, 28,000 gallons of gas the last month. good news bus energy consumption is a sign the economy is getting better bus people and products are moving around. diesel consumption is an even better indicator because now we are talking trucks and trains and that was up 7% from last year. marla and jon? >> that reminds me. i only have seven gallons left in my tank -- no, seven miles left. >> thank you for the reminder, scott. >> let's check back in with meteorologist christina loren sprinkling good vibrations toward the holiday weekend. >> it is the unofficial end of summer but we will get spoiled with some gorgeous conditions all across the bay area. whether you're thinking about going camping or hitting the beach, yeah, the temperatures t
this was the worst for the obama camp. the unfortunate optics of a sitting president using solyndra as a backdrop for promoting jobs so it is a natural target for tonight's speech. >>> environmentists wouldn't see it this way. good news. we are using more gasoline. californians burned 1 million, 28,000 gallons of gas the last month. good news bus energy consumption is a sign the economy is getting better bus people and products are moving around. diesel consumption is an even better...
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under barack obama america hasn't been working. the ironic tragedy is that the community organizer who wanted to help those hurt by a plant closing because the president on whose watch more jobs have been lost than anytime since the great depression. in barack obama's government-centered society, the government has to do more because the economy is doomed to do less. because when you attack business and you vilify success, you're going to have less business and less success. then, of course, the debate becomes about how much to extend unemployment insurance because you've guaranteed that there will be millions more unemployed. in barack obama's government-centered society, tax increases not only become a necessity but also a desired tool for social justice. in that world of shrinking means, there's a finite amount of money. as someone said you need to have some taxes to spread the wealth around. in barack obama's government-centered society, government spending always increases because, well, why not? there's always someone who is
under barack obama america hasn't been working. the ironic tragedy is that the community organizer who wanted to help those hurt by a plant closing because the president on whose watch more jobs have been lost than anytime since the great depression. in barack obama's government-centered society, the government has to do more because the economy is doomed to do less. because when you attack business and you vilify success, you're going to have less business and less success. then, of course,...
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. >> while the first family vacations in hawaii, first lady michelle obama took phone calls from some lucky kids who are tracking the progress of santa claus through a site set up by norad. as it turns out, a record number of those kids and adults were looking for reel time updates on st. nick. as of midnight, trackers answered more than 111,000 calls. that is 4,000 more than last christmas. pretty cool. >>> major markets ended christmas eve on the downside, but who could be gloomy with santa on hand to ring the bell. chris botti jazzed up the stock exchange with a little christmas cheer. some 17 million shoppers were out yesterday with gift cardeds, wine and liquor topping last minute flicks. netflix suffered a massive outage which it blamed on the cloud network. acer is reportedly looking to launch a $99 tablet early next year. >>> if you are looking for last minute gift or maybe a bite to eat this morning it, starbucks, ihop and equal green's should all be open today. >>> it will be a short merry christmas for members of congress with the country perched on the precipice of what so
. >> while the first family vacations in hawaii, first lady michelle obama took phone calls from some lucky kids who are tracking the progress of santa claus through a site set up by norad. as it turns out, a record number of those kids and adults were looking for reel time updates on st. nick. as of midnight, trackers answered more than 111,000 calls. that is 4,000 more than last christmas. pretty cool. >>> major markets ended christmas eve on the downside, but who could be...
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today president obama jumped into the parade. day two of the romney/ryan ticket and the uproar surrounding the number two continues. excitement and enthusiasm from the right and attacks from the left. >> in this critical time one of the few that stood out and fought for principle and said i have ideas to get america back on track is this person i have chosen. >> reporter: in chicago today the president weighed in. >> my opponent chose his running mate. the leader of the republicans in congress, mr. paul ryan. i want to congratulate congressman ryan. i know him. he is an articulate spokesman for governor romney's vision but it's a vision that i fundamentally disagree with. >> reporter: earlier romney and ryan quoted voters. >> are we going to win north carolina? >> reporter: while history holds voters normally vote for the name atop the ballot. >> we owe you a choice, a choice of two futures. we can either stay on the current path that we are on or we can change this thing and get this country back on the right track. >> reporter:
today president obama jumped into the parade. day two of the romney/ryan ticket and the uproar surrounding the number two continues. excitement and enthusiasm from the right and attacks from the left. >> in this critical time one of the few that stood out and fought for principle and said i have ideas to get america back on track is this person i have chosen. >> reporter: in chicago today the president weighed in. >> my opponent chose his running mate. the leader of the...
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obama, and brought your date. >> i brought him. he had a few minutes in his schedule. >> i told folks i'm just supposed to be eye candy for you guys. >> -- than to meet with world leaders at the u.n. how do comedians come up with precisely the right way to mock to politicians and others? >> we have a very different plan on how to offer tax relief. >> thanks for spending a few moments with us. you, sir, are great. >> thank you. >> a conversation with daryl hammond. plus the media krieled foul again and again and again when an nfl replacement ref blows a big qaa. we'll blow the was on that high decibel coverage. i'm howard kufrt and this is "reliable sources." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> every day it seems the media is finding new reasons for why romney has fallen behind. as politico said the other day, maybe he's a lousy daenlt. someone commented maybe the polls are wrong. >> ed, do you buy this into this theory, look, mainstream media is going to talk down -- >> we have a no whining rule in boston oi about that. >> th
obama, and brought your date. >> i brought him. he had a few minutes in his schedule. >> i told folks i'm just supposed to be eye candy for you guys. >> -- than to meet with world leaders at the u.n. how do comedians come up with precisely the right way to mock to politicians and others? >> we have a very different plan on how to offer tax relief. >> thanks for spending a few moments with us. you, sir, are great. >> thank you. >> a conversation with...
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the romney folks were trying to knock obama's likability numbers down. obviously that is one of the biggest assets on the campaign trail. some of the harshest language we've heard from him and his advisers continuing to not chip away at president obama. meanwhile the re-election team for the president going after paul ryan to try to characterize him as a politician like all the others who says one thing and does something differently. to conclude the conversation you were having about taxes just to get back to that, while we talk about the 13.6 or 13.9% number i think the real issue reporters are going to look forward to asking mitt romney next is does this reveal what we can expect from a romney presidency in that he has been really only willing to give a bare minimum in terms of taxes. there is a political issue not a legal issue. only a bare minimum in terms of taxes, meetings, transparency is that what americans should expect to hear from mitt romney if he were to become president? >> peter, in all fairness, you've been covering the romney campaign.
the romney folks were trying to knock obama's likability numbers down. obviously that is one of the biggest assets on the campaign trail. some of the harshest language we've heard from him and his advisers continuing to not chip away at president obama. meanwhile the re-election team for the president going after paul ryan to try to characterize him as a politician like all the others who says one thing and does something differently. to conclude the conversation you were having about taxes...
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s.y too early" is nex >>> president obama address the u.n. genal assembly after the assassination of the u.s. ambassador in libya and hot hit rick from iran and israel about the prospects for war. the questi isow will the iddeite in question in his speech here in new york in front of the world? >>> the must watch massachusetts senate race gets more personal with ads up from scott brown and from elizabeth warrenbout her alleged native american heritage. the question is who has the edge for the last month of this bk anor campaign. >>> in three weeks of bad calls by the replacement
s.y too early" is nex >>> president obama address the u.n. genal assembly after the assassination of the u.s. ambassador in libya and hot hit rick from iran and israel about the prospects for war. the questi isow will the iddeite in question in his speech here in new york in front of the world? >>> the must watch massachusetts senate race gets more personal with ads up from scott brown and from elizabeth warrenbout her alleged native american heritage. the question is who...
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. >>> the war next door, is the obama administration downplaying the danger along the u.s.-mexico border? tonight, an exclusive nbc investigation. >>> and young hero, news about the brave teen that the whole world is pulling for. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, there is every reason to believe the live television audience watching the vp debate tonight will be every bit as large as the last presidential debate, and because that debate was something of a game-changer, as it turned out, the stakes going into tonight are higher for two men from similar backgrounds, who are very different. for starters, this is the broadest age difference of any debate. our political team is in place tonight, our coverage includes our nbc polling numbers out just tonight on this race we want to begin with nbc's ron mott in danville, kentucky, tonight, good evening. >> reporter: hey, brian, to you, vice president joe biden will be there at that table, paul ryan the other table. congressman ryan comes into this debate, riding the republican wave of momentum the forward progress is what
. >>> the war next door, is the obama administration downplaying the danger along the u.s.-mexico border? tonight, an exclusive nbc investigation. >>> and young hero, news about the brave teen that the whole world is pulling for. nightly news begins now. >>> good evening, there is every reason to believe the live television audience watching the vp debate tonight will be every bit as large as the last presidential debate, and because that debate was something of a...